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Meet USC: Admission Presentation, Campus Tour, & Engineering Talk
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 01:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Undergraduate Admission
Receptions & Special Events
This half day program is designed for prospective freshmen and family members. Meet USC includes an information session on the University and the Admission process; a student led walking tour of campus and a meeting with us in the Viterbi School. Meet USC is designed to answer all of your questions about USC, the application process and financial aid.Reservations are required for Meet USC. This program occurs twice, once at 8:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m. Please visit http://usconnect.usc.edu/ to check availability and make an appointment. Be sure to list an Engineering major as your "intended major" on the webform!
Location: USC Admission Center
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Viterbi Admission
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Feeling the Screen: Tactility and Emotion in the Digital Age
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 04:00 AM - 06:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
While pundits worry about the increasing amount of time young people spend online in dematerialized virtual spaces, we have also witnessed an explosion of practices and devices that return our attention to the hand. From the online craft vendor Etsy to the tactile interfaces of our iPhones, the body and the digital are deeply interlaced. âThe Touch of the Hand in the Digital Eraâ is a two-part series that will consider the particular roles that touch and the emotions play in our sense of self and the world.
In the first event of the series, explore the digital up close and hands on with internationally renowned artists Erik Loyer and Sharon Daniel. The event will include hands-on interaction with projects presented by Loyer and Daniel that will allow students to engage a variety of devices, including the iPhone and the Wii remote.
Loyer and Daniel have collaborated on the production of two interactive documentaries, Public Secrets and Blood Sugar. Public Secrets is a Webby Awards honoree that was originally published in Vectors journal and has been shown at arts festivals such as Transmediale in Berlin and Artefact in Belgium and in gallery exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. Blood Sugar has been exhibited as a Wii remoteâoperated installation at UCLAâs Art|Sci gallery and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Related Event:
The Lupton Sisters
Friday, March 25, 2 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
For more info, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873374
Organized by Philip Ethington (History and Political Science) and Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Scholarship.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
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Aircraft Accident Investigation
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Aviation Safety and Security Program
University Calendar
This is a two week course. All aspects of the investigation process are addressed, starting with preparation for the investigation through writing the final report. Investigative techniques are examined with emphasis on fixed wing investigation. Data collection, wreckage reconstruction and cause analysis are also studied.
Location: Aviation Safety & Security Campus
Audiences: Aviation Professionals
Contact: Harrison Wolf
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EE-Systems Seminar
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Neal Patwari , University of Utah
Talk Title: Locate people without radio tags: Device‐free localization in wireless networks
Abstract: Abstract: Radio localization applications in sensor networks assume that the person to‐be¬located wears a radio tag, either a receiver or transmitter. We show that the tag is not necessary, except for identification. By measuring the changes in received signal strength (RSS) on static wireless links in the environment, we perform device‐free localization (DFL), i.e., estimation of the location of changes in the physical environment, and thus, inference of the locations of people in the environment. Such localization can be done when the network nodes are outside of a building, and the people are inside of the building, and thus have application for emergency responders arriving at a building that is dangerous to enter. Since static wireless networks are ubiquitous in indoor environments, we expect DFL using RSS to be useful in secure facilities, in which the locations of un‐tagged (potentially unauthorized) people should be monitored. While wideband radar provides similar capabilities, the use of RSS opens the door for DFL applications built using standard wireless networks. This talk will describe 1) new multipath channel fading models which provide the basis for our ability to accurately estimate a person's location; 2) algorithms for RSS‐based device‐free localization; and 3) lessons learned from prototype development and deployment. We will discuss the unanswered questions and future research directions in RSS‐based DFL.
Biography: Bio: Neal Patwari received the B.S. (1997) and M.S. (1999) degrees from Virginia Tech, and the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005), all in Electrical Engineering. He was a research engineer in Motorola Labs, Florida, between 1999 and 2001. Since 2006, he has been at the University of Utah, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an adjunct appointment in the School of Computing. He directs the Sensing and Processing Across Networks (SPAN) Lab, which performs research at the intersection of statistical signal processing and wireless networking. His research interests are in radio channel signal processing, in which radio channel measurements are used to improve security and networking and to perform localization. Neal has been involved with experimental prototypes of sensor networks deployed for centralized and distributed sensor localization, radio tomographic imaging, and secret key establishment. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2008 and the 2009 IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Magazine Paper Award. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.
Host: Bhaskar Krishnamachari
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Shane Goodoff
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BME 533 - Seminar in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: GERALD LOEB, TERENCE SANGER, ELLIS MENG,
Talk Title: Faculty Research in Biomedical Engineering
Host: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 132
Audiences: BME graduate students, Faculty, contact department if interested (213-740-7237)
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
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ISE 599 SEMINAR
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 02:00 PM - 04:50 PM
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Jesus De Loera, UC DavIs
Talk Title: Algebraic Geometric Algorithms in Discrete Optimization
Abstract: It is common knowledge that the understanding of the geometry of convex bodies has helped speed up algorithms in discrete optimization.
For example, cutting planes and facet-description of polyhedra have been crucial in the success of branch-and-bound algorithms for mixed integer linear programming. Another example, is how the ellipsoid method can be used to prove polynomiality results in combinatorial optimization. For the future, the importance of algebra and geometry in optimization is even greater since applications now demand non-linearity constraints together with discrete variables.
In the past 5 years two beautiful algebraic geometric algorithms on polyhedra have been used to prove unexpected new results on the computation of integer programs with non-linearly objective functions.
The first is Barvinok's algorithm for polytopes, the second is Graver's bases method on polyhedral cones. I will describe these two algorithms and explain why we can now prove theorems that were beyond our reach before. I will also describe attempts to turn these two algorithms into practical computation, not just in theoretical results.
This is a nice story collecting results contained in several papers joint work with various subsets of the following people: R. Hemmecke, M. Koeppe, S. Onn, U. Rothblum, and R. Weismantel.
Host: Professor Dorit Hochbaum
Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 309
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Georgia Lum
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Nestle Information Session
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
Join representatives of this company as they share general company information and available opportunities.
Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 106
Audiences: All Viterbi Students
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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Hensel Phelps Information and Recruitment Session
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Are you interested in working in the civil and construction engineering field?
Join CMAA, SWE, AGC and ASCE for an information and recruitment session hosted by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. The meeting will provide USC students with practical knowledge of field engineering and the opportunity to learn about Hensel Phelps Construction Company.
Students are encouraged to bring a copy of his or her resume and interact with Hensel Phelps employees after the presentation. Free food will be provided.Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Society of Women Engineers
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Info Session with Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Workshops & Infosessions
Hensel Phelps is a leading construction company that is involved with a wide variety of construction projects, such as commercial, industrial and transportation. Visit http://www.henselphelps.com for more information.
Remember to bring you resume and to ask a lot of questions!
Food will be served!Location: Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts & Sciences (GFS) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Events USC AGC
